Date of birth: 18 Mar 1982

Age on Race day: 23

Born in: Ireland

Home town: Cork

Nationality: Irish

Club: CUBC

College: Trinity Hall

Course: Mphil, Engineering for sustainable development (enrolled in 2002 for 1 year)

Previous Uni: UCC, Cork

School: Douglas Community School, Cork

Height: 1.96m

Weight: 96kg

Boat: Goldie

Boat position: 4

Coach: Robin Williams

Personal bio:

Rowed at the World University Games and the World U23 Championships for Ireland in 2002. Also plays water-polo and likes playing tag rugby, throwing the discus/hammer and putting the shot when not rowing. Favourite pastime is to watch Munster, his local rugby team, playing in the Heineken Cup. Nickname is “Langer”.